HIDA scan cost in Memphis, TN — inpatient
In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 12 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder as an inpatient: from $286.50 to $656.92, with a median of $531.50. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $245.00 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $452.25 at 42 hospitals.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 cities for code 78226, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Memphis, TN-MS-AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY INCLUDES GALLBLADDER IF PRESENT | $286.50 | $1,910.00 | $725.80–$1,528.00 | 85% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC NM HEPATOBILIARY INCLUDES GALLBLADDER IF PRESENT | $401.10 | $1,910.00 | $725.80–$1,719.00 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN HC NM HEPATOBILIARY INCLUDES GALLBLADDER IF PRESENT | $401.10 | $1,910.00 | $725.80–$1,719.00 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN HC NM HEPATOBILIARY INCLUDES GALLBLADDER IF PRESENT | $401.10 | $1,910.00 | $725.80–$1,719.00 | 79% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN HC NM HEPATOBILIARY INCLUDES GALLBLADDER IF PRESENT | $409.44 | $1,706.00 | $648.28–$1,535.40 | 76% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS HC NM HEPATOBILIARY INCLUDES GALLBLADDER IF PRESENT | $418.40 | $2,092.00 | $794.96–$1,882.80 | 80% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder - NM Liver Function | $644.60 | $2,930.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder - NM Liver Function | $644.60 | $2,930.00 | $50.00–$1,204.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder - NM Liver Function | $644.60 | $2,930.00 | $50.00–$1,204.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder - NM Liver Function | $644.60 | $2,930.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp Germantown, TN HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder - NM Liver Function | $644.60 | $2,930.00 | $50.00–$1,204.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder - NM Liver Function | $656.92 | $2,986.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $286.50, median $531.50, highest $656.92 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $531.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 9 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 6 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A HIDA scan follows a radioactive tracer as the liver takes it up and releases it into the bile ducts, gallbladder and bowel. It is used to look for gallbladder inflammation, a blocked bile duct or a bile leak.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the imaging. The tracer and the reading by a radiologist or nuclear medicine doctor are often billed separately. A scan that also measures how well the gallbladder empties after a medicine is given is billed under a different code (78227).